Grain-spout.



No. 708,208. PatentedSept. 2, 1902.

W. D. DiCKSDN. GRAIN SPUUT;

{Appiicaticn flied Nov. 18, 1899. Renew ed July 26, 1902.

(No Model.

. ,NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J). DrcKs om oF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

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srnomroncrxon ionning partof was Patent No. 708,208, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed. November 12,1599. Renewed m 2a. 1902. Serial No. 117,202. (No model.) 4

,To all whom it may onoern.-

. -'Beit known that I, WILLIAM'D; DIGKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in thecounty of Peoria and State of Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Specter and I do Thereby declare. that the following. is a full,

' clear, and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in'the art to which it appertains-to make and use the same. Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in; grain-spouts, whereby new and novel features, are combined, forming a grain-spout which is. both durable in construction and cheapest first cost.

More particularlymyinvention-relates tov an improvementjin, bifurcated grain-spouts, and more especially as an improvement on my patent of August-1, 1882, No. 261,837;

and the object of the present invention-is to provide a telescoping delivery-section pro- ,vided with suitable means for raising and lowering the sansaa hood'which is suitably connected on the bottom of said telescoping section and in such a manner as to" revolve thereon, of ahifurcated section, and of suit able mechanismfor shifting and maintaining an equalizertherein and in proper relation thereto, andof linings carried in said equalizer and intermediate section and retn'ovably secured therein.

That my invention may he more fully un-,.

. derstood, reference is had to theaccompanyr ingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is-a vertical section showing my improved grain-spout. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line X X of-Fig. 1. Fig. fishows sections on the lines Y Y-and Y Y ofv Fig. 1, showing in crosssection'the hood.

' In the drawings,-A represents the lower end portion of a delivery-spout, which is circular in cross-section, and A is a short section of pipe forming thelower end portion of the delivery-spout and is telescoped thereon and has a spline-and-groove connection therewith. The section A is purposed to be raised and. lowered upon the section A, and for this purpose suitable mechanism or any wellat its upper end, and A is a flanged plate 1,

or ring attache'd'to the section A upon its lower end by means of a flange o extending up therefrom, the flange a of the plate. A? and the flange a purposed to engage with the flange a on the section A, which limits the movement of the section A'when the same is raised or lowered.

I B is ahood secured on the lower end of the section A and has a revoluble relation therewith. The means for attaching the hood to the section A is as follows; A depending circular flange b is shown extending down from the plate A and having the lateral extension b'. The hood has an inwardly-tamed flange b at its upper end, which encircles the flange b and has a bearing relation with the extension 72'. The lower delivery end of the hood has a square end portion adapted to have attached thereto the bifurcated section of the spout through: suitable intermediate sections.-

'0 is a. section which may be bolted or otherwise secured tothe hood B, as shown, and 0 represents a hinged intermediate section which 'is purposed 'to be hinged to the section I 0, and D D are curved spouts or pipe extensions hinged to the section B and purposed to be hinged thereto and operated in the same manner as in my former patent hereiubefore mentioned.

E is an equalizer or swinging chute carried within the section 0, formed of a back and two sides, the same being somewhat reduced.

in width at the bottom and pivoted within said section and to the, same at e. E is a lever carried without said section 0 and pivoted to the plate e, secured thereto. The lever E is suitably secured to a connecting-bar 6 which extends outfrom the equalizer Eand carried through a perforation or open slotted way in a bar F, secured to the section 0, provided with perforations f at successive points in saidbar, and f is a pin suitablyattached through-a slot in the section 0. The lever is a of the extensions D D, thus retaining the equalizer in its proper position.

G is a detachably-secured lining in shape similar to the equalizer and pnrposed to be carried therein, and His a detachably-secured lining carried by the intermediate section 0'.

The function of these said linings "is to provide means whereby the equalizer and intermediate sections of the spout may have a maximum of wear, the steady falling of the grain sooner or later making-them unfit for use; but

.by providing a detachable lining for each of said sections they may be easily and readily removed when worn and newlinings replaced.

By the provision of a telescoping delivery-spout with suitable raising and lowering mechanism and a revolving hood attached thereto in combination with the other features shown and described I am enabled to raise and lower the entire spout and connections and at the same time shift and raise or lower thebifurcated sections at different an gles, the mechanism being simplified in such a manner as to permit of one operator oper- 3o what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. A device of the character described comprising the telescopic sections A, A, hood B, rotatably mounted on the section A, sections 0, C, the bifurcated sections D, D, an equalizer E, pivotally mounted in the section 0, means for adjusting the equalizer, and means for elevating the structure, substantially as described. a

i 2. Adeviceof the characterdescribed,comprising the telescopic sections A, A, splined together, hood B, rotatably mounted on the section A, bifurcated sections D, D, a section intermediate the hood and bifurcated: sections,an equalizeradjustably mounted in said intermediate section, and means for securing the equalizer in its adjusted positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. DICKSON.

Witnesses:

. B. M. SIEGLE, W. V. TEFFT. 

